Keeping an eye on Communist, Totalitarian China, and its influence both globally, and we as Canadians. I have come to the opinion that we are rarely privy to truth regarding the real goal, the agenda of Red China, and it's implications for Canada [and North America as a whole]. No more can we rely on our media as more and more information on China is actively being swept under the carpet - not for consumption.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert as China braces for a new wave of smog, triggering school closures and a ban on cars and even BARBECUES

Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert as China braces for a new wave of smog, triggering school closures and a ban on cars and even BARBECUES

Air pollution due to begin rolling in from Saturday evening and last until Tuesday, blanketing swathes of the country

Visibility in worst areas such as Beijing likely to fall to less than 1km, prompting warnings to avoid outdoor activities

Half the cars in capital will be forced off the road on any given day while barbecues are banned and schools closed

Beijing issued first 'red alert' last week after criticism that previous bouts of smog failed to trigger highest warning

Beijing issued only its second-ever red alert pollution warning today as China braced for a new wave of choking smog over the weekend, triggering car bans and school closures.

The National Meteorological Centre said the smog would stretch from Xian, home to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, across part of central China, and up into Shenyang and Harbin in China's northeast.

The air pollution would begin rolling in from about Saturday evening and last until Tuesday, with visibility in the worst affected areas such as Beijing likely to fall to less than 1km, it said.

Half the cars in the city of 22.5 million will be forced off the road on any given day, while barbecues and other outdoor smoke sources will be banned.

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Suffocating: A view of smog in Beijing from the famous Jingshan Hill yesterday. The city issued its second-ever red alert pollution warning today as China braced for a new wave of choking smog over the weekend, triggering car bans and school closures across the capital

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Blanketed: The air pollution (seen here yesterday) was due to begin rolling in from about Saturday evening and last until Tuesday, with visibility in the worst affected areas such as Beijing likely to fall to less than 1km, according to the National Meteorological Centre

Schools will close and people advised to avoid outdoor activities.

The Beijing city government issued its first 'red alert' last week following criticism that previous bouts of smog had failed to trigger the highest warning level.

Residents are encouraged to remain indoors at levels higher than 300, according to government guidelines.

Beijing's second red alert comes after a landmark climate agreement was reached in Paris earlier this month, setting a course to move away from a fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming.

A red alert is triggered when the government believes air quality will surpass a level of 200 on an air quality index that measures various pollutants for at least three days.

The U.S. government deems a level of more than 200 'very unhealthy'.

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A view of smog yesterday in Beijing from famous Jingshan Hill. Half the cars in the city will be forced off the road on any given day, while barbecues and other outdoor smoke sources will be banned

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Beijing issued its first 'red alert' last week following criticism that previous bouts of smog had failed to trigger the highest warning level

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A girl wears a protective mask makes her way as China warned residents across a large part of the north of the country to prepare for a wave of choking smog arriving over the weekend in Beijing

In Beijing, a red alert means around half the vehicles are removed from the roads with an odd-even licence plate system enforced.

Schools are recommended to close and outdoor construction is banned.

'I'm very concerned about the pollution, I think the government needs to put more effort into solving this,' said Cheng Xianke, a 34-year-old Beijing software developer.

The Beijing environment bureau said the red alert would last from 7am Saturday to midnight on Tuesday. The official Xinhua news agency said the smog would be worse than last week.

'Parts of north China will see the worst smog so far this year from Saturday,' it said, citing the National Meteorological Centre.

What to expect: Views of the the Beijing skyline from December 10 show (from top to bottom) how the severe smog lifted from the morning into haze at midday and clear in the evening. A similar blanket of pollution is expected to return this weekend

Beijing is not the only city to have a coloured alert system and the restrictions rolled out in the most severe cases are broadly similar.

Beijing's neighbouring city of Tianjin also aims to remove about half of all cars from the road in the event of a red alert.

Hebei's environment protection bureau said it was issuing an orange alert, the second-highest, starting from Friday.

Schools will not close and there will be no vehicle restrictions but it recommends no outdoor activities and that people use public transport.

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I can be found exploring dried up river beds. I carve stone found on those hikes. Yes, I collect rocks!The hiking here is perhaps the best I've come across. Like cooking, photography and visits to artistic and local events. We love to travel; places we have been to include London [UK], Mallorca, Acapulco, Playa Del Carmen, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, Maui, LA, San Diego, Puerto Escondido, Edinburgh, Isle of Man, Isle Of Skye, Kirkwall/The Orkneys and Honolulu.